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Hollis W. "Dick" Stewart

Hollis W. "Dick" Stewart

Jan 12, 2010

Mr. Dick Stewart, 94 of Prescott, Arkansas, passed away Tuesday January 12, 2010 in a Little Rock Hospital. He was born on December 5, 1915, near Laneburg, Arkansas, to Lewis and Ella Waddle Stewart. He was a businessman in Prescott for many years and raised cattle. He was a member of First United Methodist Church in Prescott, former Administrative Board...

Sybil L. Gautsche Sherman

Sybil L. Gautsche Sherman

Jan 11, 2010

MRS. SYBIL L. GAUTSCHE SHERMAN, 87, Benton, Arkansas (Formerly of Prescott, Arkansas) passed away on Tuesday, January 11, 2010, at Saline Memorial Hospital, Benton, Ark. She was born on December 7, 1922, in Laneburg, Ark., to Samuel and Kieffer Glass Gautsche. She was a retired legal secretary. She was a Baptist. She was preceded in death by her parents; her...

Ralph James Lawler

Ralph James Lawler

Jan 11, 2010

MR. RALPH J. LAWLER, 76, Rosston, Arkansas, passed away on Monday, January 11, 2010, in Medical Park Hospital, Hope, Ark. He was born on September 18, 1933, in Chicago, Ill., to James Edward and Mary Grace Demro Lawler. He was retired with security from the former Lucent Technologies, Southwestern Bell and A T & T. He was a Protestant. He...

Mary Jo Arnold

Mary Jo Arnold

Jan 6, 2010

Mrs. Mary Jo Arnold, 82 of Texarkana, AR, formerly of Prescott, Arkansas passed away Wednesday, January 6, 2010 in Wadley Regional Medical Center, Texarkana, Texas. She was born on November 4, 1927, in Hollywood, Pike County, Ark., to Lonnie and Lena Jacobs Jester. She was a retired cosmetologist. She was a Baptist and attended the Cathedral Heights Church of the...

Diane Black

Diane Black

Jan 5, 2010

Mrs. Diane Black, 66 of Guernsey, Arkansas, passed away Tuesday, January 5, 2010, in U.A.M.S. Hospital, Little Rock, Arkansas. She was born November 13, 1943, in Ashdown, Arkansas, to Odell and Geraldine Ford Ayers. She was a Teachers Aid and a Baptist. She was preceded in death by her father Odell Ayers. HER SURVIVORS INCLUDE: HER HUSBAND (of 42 Yrs)...

Dan Jackson

Dan Jackson

Jan 3, 2010

Mr. Dan Jackson, 99 of Prescott, Arkansas passed away on January 3, 2010 in Medical Park Hospital in Hope, Arkansas. He was born June 19, 1910 in Nevada County, Arkansas to Riley and Mary Hopson Jackson. He was an employee of Bemis Lumber Company of Prescott, Arkansas. Mr. Jackson was preceded in death by his parents; three brothers and six...

Bobbie Mae Gentry

Bobbie Mae Gentry

Dec 31, 2009

Mrs. Bobbie M. Gentry of Mt. Morris, Michigan, age 82, was called home by the Lord, Thursday, December 31, 2009 at McLaren Regional Medical Center, in Michigan. Sis. Bobbie Mae Gentry was born August 2, 1927 in Okolona, Arkansas, the daughter of Sam and Minnie Matlock. Sis Gentry was a faithful member of Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church Gospel Chorus....

Laura Catheron Martin

Laura Catheron Martin

Dec 31, 2009

MRS. LAURA CATHERON MARTIN, 65, of Little Rock, Arkansas (Formerly of Hope, Arkansas), passed away Thursday, December 31, 2009, at Baptist Medical Center, Little Rock, Arkansas. She was born in Little Rock, Ark. on March 27, 1944, to Robert Belding Adams, Sr. and Laura Catheron Adams. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Hope, Ark. She lived in...

Hubert Lee Parker

Hubert Lee Parker

Dec 25, 2009

Mr. Hubert Lee Parker, 81 of Hope passed away Friday, December 25, 2009 at Medical Park Hospital in Hope, Arkansas. He was born in Prescott, Arkansas on September 10, 1928, to Mr. and Mrs. William David Parker. He was a retired Logger and Poultry Farmer, a Baptist, a member of the Prescott V.F.W. and he loved to dance. He was...

Loyd Bierden

Loyd Bierden

Dec 19, 2009

Mr. Loyd Bierden, 52 of Hope passed away, Saturday, December 19, 2009 in Medical Park Hospital, Hope. Loyd was born on August 12, 1957 in Natchitoches, La, to Ralph and Sybil Ingram Bierden. His father has preceded him in death and he was a Baptist. Survivors include; wife, (of 20 years) Sheila Emory Bierden, Hope Son: Justin Bierden and Ashley...

A. Louise Crayne

A. Louise Crayne

Dec 18, 2009

Mrs. Annie Louise Crayne, 82 of Prescott, Arkansas passed away December 18, 2009 in the Hillcrest Care and Rehab Center in Prescott, Arkansas. She was born on December 14, 1927, in Nevada County, Ark., to Lon and Emma Crank Holder. She was a homemaker and member of the First Assembly of God Church of Prescott, Ark. She was preceded in...

Betty Jo Spradling

Betty Jo Spradling

Dec 17, 2009

Ms. Betty Jo Spradling, 80 of Hope, Arkansas passed away Thursday, December 17, 2009 at the Pinehope Nursing Home in Hope, Arkansas. Betty was born in Centerpoint, Texas on January 10, 1029, to J.F. And Genevia Woody Spradling. She was preceded in death by her parents. Her survivors include; her brother, W.T. Spradling of Hope, other family members and friends....

Tom Gray

Tom Gray

Dec 16, 2009

Mr. Tom Gray, 99 of Hope passed away Wednesday, December 16, 2009 at Medical Park Hospital in Hope. He was born January 8, 1910, in Cash County, Texas to Charles and Mary Lee Jackson Gray. He retired from Plazwood Company as a sander of the particle board manufacturing plant in Hope, Arkansas. He was a member of First Assembly of...

Mary Ann Stewart

Mary Ann Stewart

Dec 15, 2009

Mary Ann Stewart, 74, of Prescott died Tuesday December 15, 2009 at The Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas. Mrs. Stewart was born February 13, 1935 in Missouri Township, Nevada County to William Hobert Smith and Maida Rhodes Smith. Mary Ann was preceded in death by her husband Ralph E. Stewart, her parents, and her brother George R. Smith. Survivors include...

Stanley Bustin

Stanley Bustin

Dec 13, 2009

Mr. Stanley Bustin, 48 of Rosston passed away Sunday, December 13, 2009 in Christus St. Michael Health System in Texarkana, Texas. Mr. Bustin was born February 14, 1961, in Rosston, Arkansas to Delton and Nena Veneta Williams Bustin. He was a Baptist. He was preceded in death by his parents. Stanley is survived by one sister, Teresa Bustin of Mt....

William "Jack" Hogan

William "Jack" Hogan

Dec 12, 2009

Mr. William Jack Hogan, 58 of Spring Hill, Arkansas, formerly of Roanoke, Virginia passed away Saturday, December 12, 2009 at his home in Spring Hill. Jack was born March 20, 1951 in Roanoke, Virginia to Raymond Levi and Nellie Josephine Vaughn Hogan. He was preceded in death by his parents and was a Baptist. Survivors include; one brother; Charles Hogan...

Ima Nell Harvin Davis May

Ima Nell Harvin Davis May

Dec 9, 2009

Mrs. Ima Nell Harvin Davis May, 88 of Rosston, Arkansas passed away on Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at Medical Park Hospital in Hope, Arkansas. She was born July 2, 1921, in Stamps, Ark., to Buck H. and Bulah McNatt Harvin. She was retired from Bruner-Ivory Handle Mill of Hope, Ark. She married Farley Davis in 1941 and married Carol May...

Debbie Faulk

Debbie Faulk

Nov 30, 2009

MRS. DEBORAH KAY DEBBIE FAULK, 50 of Hope, AR passed away Monday, November 30, 2009 at her home. Debbie was born in Scottsville, KY on June 20, 1959, to Therril and Rose Smith McKendree. She was a homemaker and a member of the Renewed Faith Christian Center, Hope, AR and a former foster parent. She was preceded in death by...

Coach Herbert J. W. Bedford

Coach Herbert J. W. Bedford

Nov 26, 2009

Coach Herbert J. W. Bedford, 73 of Spring Hill, Arkansas passed away Thursday, November 26, at Medical Park Hospital, Hope, Arkansas. He was born June 25, 1936 to Jesse William and Alice Floy Montgomery Bedford. He was a retired coach and teacher for 32 years in Texas and 8 years in Arkansas for a total of 40 years. He was...

Janis Stevens

Janis Stevens

Nov 26, 2009

Mrs. Janis Marie Stevens, 69 of Hope, Arkansas passed away Thursday, November 26, at her home in Hope. She was born in Houston, Texas on July 6, 1940, to Alex and Laura Hoffman Emery. She was a retired registered nurse. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, Hope, Arkansas. HER SURVIVORS INCLUDE: Her Husband: Dr. David G. Stevens,...

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